“Wait what is an Ebenezer?” I remember whispering to my roommate during chapel last semester when the words to “Come Thou Fount” were displayed on the screens at the front of the room. Her response was “’Scrooge’, from a ‘Christmas Carol’, right?” Somehow, I didn’t think that was it…Actually!
The word “Ebenezer” is found a few times in the Bible, the most memorable being from One Samuel Chapter Seven. In this chapter, Israel has finally beaten the Philistines for the first time in a long time. To commemorate this Samuel, the prophet, sets up a rock calls it an Ebenezer saying "Thus far has the LORD helped us." The rock was intended to remind the Israelites that God had been with them…he had not abandoned them.
The word “Ebenezer” is found a few times in the Bible, the most memorable being from One Samuel Chapter Seven. In this chapter, Israel has finally beaten the Philistines for the first time in a long time. To commemorate this Samuel, the prophet, sets up a rock calls it an Ebenezer saying "Thus far has the LORD helped us." The rock was intended to remind the Israelites that God had been with them…he had not abandoned them.
The rock was set up so that, when life became impossible again…when it looked like the Philistines would win forever, the Israelites would have a reminder that God would shine through again! That is the goal for this blog! I want it to be a testament to God’s faithfulness…I want it to remind me, along with anyone else who might read it, of God’s radical faithfulness. On the days when I have coffee on every shirt that I own, can’t seem to get anything right and feel that the world is coming to an end...I want this to be my Ebenezer…I want it to be a place where I can look back and remember that God will always shine through...even if it takes Him a little while!
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